He's here! The chapter of my life where I'm a mom of one has finally closed. I have two boys to care for and love and I could not be happier right now. If you're interested in my birth story, please continue reading! I think it's a story worth telling as much as the first.…
Tag: writing
Baby Round Two?!
It’s been such a crazy ride so far. When I visit my doctor, he jokes that we can’t have it easy. At this point, I’m seriously just glad he’s willing to work with my complicated medical history...
ART
For many of you, even if you aren't an artist, the consumption of media and all other forms of art make you an art critic in your own world because you know what you like and don't like. Along with your tastes, social media, articles, and the people you hang around with probably help shape…
Day 17: Ornament
Art by Rhett Backstrom | Twitter | Instagram Untouchable. Practically unreal. He lives everyone’s dream and gets paid to be beautiful. He has teams of people there to make him look perfect. How could someone not want that? The lights, cameras, fans, money. You wonder if he has time for meaningful relationships. He looks like…
Day 26: Dark
Art by Rhett Backstrom | Twitter | Instagram They must have forgotten to tell you about me. Your gods who wakes you up in the morning; the same gods who send you messages in every sunrise and sunset. Who, after the rain stops, speak to you as the rays of the sun burn through the clouds and give…
Day 16: Wild
Art by Rhett Backstrom | Twitter | Instagram I work under the eyes of the kings. How could I not when I do such strange things? I have flexibility, ambiguity, and the willingness to do everything over the top. What I'm best at is causing a scene or distracting a queen. I can't help drawing the attention of…
Day 9: Swing
Art by Rhett Backstrom | Twitter | Instagram He's everything my dad wouldn't want me to have and Dad doesn't even know him. I'm just a really simple person. I've always been this way. I grew up simply in the middle of nowhere and wasn't expecting to have anything interesting happen about me or to me. I didn't…
Day 12: Dragon
Art by Rhett Backstrom | Twitter | Instagram Hiding places for the dragons were becoming less and less as man wanted and took more and more. The Earth was divided by those who took and those who wanted nothing but the ability to live and be free. Times were changing. Generations came who were tired…